MONTEREY COUNTY – On Thursday, 6 April 2023, the Sacred Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper and officially concludes with Evening Prayer of Vespers on Easter Sunday, 9 April 2023. The following is a schedule of times and places where the liturgies of the Sacred Paschal Triduum will be celebrated in Monterey County.
(Nota bene: This page will be updated as needed.)
6 April 2023
Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
It is with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper that the liturgical season of Lent is concluded, and the brief liturgical season formally known as the Sacred Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord officially begins. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper includes the Washing of Feet and the Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament. A period of silent adoration follows, which must be concluded before midnight. A brief rite of reception of oils that were blessed at the Mass of Chrism may also be celebrated at the beginning of the evening Mass.
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
5:30pm – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea (adoration until 11pm)
6pm – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey (Bilingual; Parish Hall)
6:30pm – Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Valley (Bilingual; adoration until 10pm)
7pm – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
7pm – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside (Bilingual; adoration until 10pm)
7pm – Saint Jude in Marina (adoration until 11pm)
7pm – Saint Joseph in Spreckels
7pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (Trilingual)
7pm – Sacred Heart in Salinas (Bilingual)
7pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Bilingual)
7pm – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Bilingual)
7 April 2023
Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
The Sacred Paschal Triduum continues not with Mass, which is forbidden on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, but with the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, which is composed of three parts: (1) the Liturgy of the Word, (2) the Adoration of the Holy Cross, (3) and Holy Communion.
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
12pm – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey (Parish Hall)
12pm – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside (followed by the Stations of the Cross)
12pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad
1pm – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea
1pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (preceded by the Stations of the Cross at 12pm)
1pm – Sacred Heart in Salinas (preceded by Stations of the Cross Play at 12pm)
2:30pm – Saint Joseph in Spreckels (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 1pm)
3pm – Saint Jude in Marina (Spanish)
3pm – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
3:30pm – Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Valley (Bilingual; Stations of the Cross at 3pm)
5pm – Saint John the Baptist in King City
6pm – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside (Spanish; preceded by the Stations of the Cross at 5pm)
7pm – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey (Spanish; Parish Hall)
7pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (Spanish)
7pm – Sacred Heart in Salinas (Spanish; preceded by the Stations of the Cross at 6pm)
7pm – Saint Jude in Marina
7pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Spanish)
7pm – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Spanish)
8 April 2023
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is a day of prayer and fasting, with the austerity of Lent and Holy Week reaching the point of emptiness and desolation as the Church waits at the tomb of Christ Jesus, recalling the words of the Apostle’s Creed: “He descended into hell”. On the evening of Holy Saturday, the Sacred Paschal Triduum continues with what is officially called the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, which consists of four distinct parts: (1) the Solemn Beginning of the Vigil or Lucernarium (Latin for “service of light”), (2) the Liturgy of the Word, (3), the Baptismal Liturgy, and (4) the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
8pm – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey (Bilingual; Parish Hall)
8pm – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea
8pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (Trilingual)
8pm – Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Valley (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
8pm – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Jude in Marina
8pm – Sacred Heart in Salinas (Bilingual)
8pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Bilingual)
8:30pm – Saint Joseph in Spreckels
8:30pm – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Bilingual)
9 April 2023
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
“The Christian year reaches its supreme moments in the celebration of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, risen indeed in our human flesh, glorified in that flesh, triumphant over the mortality of that flesh. Again and again, the liturgy resounds with the cry of ‘alleluia!’, as the people reborn through the Paschal Mystery wait in joyful hope for the day when they too will share the glory of their risen Lord” (Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year (2002), n. 312 / p. 155).
Masses during the Day
7am – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas
7am – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Mission Soledad)
7:30am – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey
7:30am – Saint Joseph in Spreckels
7:30am – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Spanish)
8am – Saint Jude in Marina
8am – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad
8am – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
9am – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey
9am – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea
9am – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas
9am – Sacred Heart in Salinas
9am – Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Valley
9am – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside
9am – Saint Joseph in Spreckels
9am – Saint John the Baptist in King City
10am – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
10am – Saint Jude in Marina
10am – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad
10:30am – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey
10:30am – Mission San Antonio de Padua in Jolon
11am – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea
11am – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (in the parish church)
11am – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (in Cross Hall)
11am – Sacred Heart in Salinas
11am – Saint Joseph in Spreckels
11am – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Spanish)
11:15am – Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Valley (Bilingual)
12pm – San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey (Bilingual)
12pm – Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove
12pm – Saint Francis Xavier in Seaside (Spanish)
12pm – Saint Jude in Marina (Spanish)
12pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Spanish)
1pm – Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea
1pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (Spanish)
1pm – Sacred Heart in Salinas (Spanish)
1pm – Saint John the Baptist in King City (Spanish)
3pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas (Spanish)
4pm – Our Lady of Solitude in Soledad (Spanish)
5pm – Madonna del Sasso in Salinas
5pm – Saint Jude in Marina (Korean)
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